Our Shining Moments of 2013

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Serena Williams: When she swings her racket, everybody takes notice. First in...

Serena Williams: When she swings her racket, everybody takes notice. First in June, Serena Williams won the French Open, then three months later she annihilated her competition at the U.S. Open. Incredibly, her amazing domination of the sport comes two years after she was sidelined with a pulmonary embolism. But as this year's documentary film Venus and Serena details, Williams (alongside her big sis) does what champions do—get back in the game, work harder than ever and reclaim their No. 1 status.